Saint Nuño de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira was a Portuguese general, born Nuno Álvares Pereira on 24 June 1360 in Cernache do Bonjardim. He was the illegitimate son of Dom Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, prior of Crato, and Iria Gonçalves do Carvalhal. About a year after his birth a royal decree legitimised him, so he received a knightly education. At 16 he married Leonor de Alvim, a wealthy young...